MISSISSIPPI RIVER - pilot onboard - helmsman on action -

Editors note: There was a reason why this idea of a kind of ladder-elevator did not become accepted!

In this video we would like to share our experience while berthing in port Durban … weather was rough .. witnessed a whale enjoying in big waves .. a doctor came onboard for covid test … received pilot by helicopter and so on …
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Departing NBCT ,Penang, Malaysia.
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